Nine Professional Conversations to Change Our Schools
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Improve collective efficacy in schools through meaningful professional conversations
As technology substitutes for face-to-face connections, educators can feel like they’re practicing their craft in isolation. Nine Professional Conversations to Change Our Schools is a framework for revitalizing the art of the professional conversation. It guides educators through structures for collaboration, offers access to vast storehouses of applied wisdom, and facilitates a coherent knowledge base for standards of excellence. Readers will find
- nine conversational strategies designed to promote collective teacher efficacy
- learning scenarios that demonstrate the effectiveness of these conversations in action
- accessible Conversational Dashboard that assists in analyzing conditions for success
Face-to-face conversational skill is a fundamental foundation for establishing effective relationships and collaboration. Drawing from their rich careers with coaching and facilitation, the authors of this book offer strategies that will expand your conversational repertoire and provide insight into how to respond meaningfully in an ever-changing environment.
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Dedication
Dedication
Epigraphs
Epigraphs
Introduction
Introduction
Part I: The Foundation—Conversational Competence
- Chapter 1: A Crisis in Our Midst—No Coherent Knowledge Base
- Chapter 2: The Disadvantage of Being Left Behind— A Knowing–Doing–Learning Gap
- Chapter 3: Emotional Blocks to Collective Efficacy— How Stress Shuts Down Communication
Part II: Conversations Designed to Build Knowledge Coherence From the Inside Out
- Chapter 4: Reflective Conversations—The Fundamental Professional Act
- Chapter 5: Humble Inquiry—Exploring Needs Instead of Helping
- Chapter 6: Cognitive Coaching—Lingering in Conversations to Learn
- Chapter 7: SCARF—Open to Diverse Viewpoints
Part III: Calibrating Conversations—Conversations at the Tipping Point From Outside In
- Chapter 8: Stakeholder Centered Coaching— Expanding Consciousness
Part IV: Conversations Designed to Build Knowledge From the Outside In
- Chapter 9: Positive Deviance—Mining for Group Gold
- Chapter 10: From Conflict to Consensus— The Chadwick Process
- Chapter 11: FRISK—Making Expectations Clear
- Chapter 12: MOVE—Time to Move On
Part V: Final Musings—Making Unrealized Dreams Come True
- Chapter 13: Leaving Knowledge Legacies
Appendix
Appendix
References
References
Index
Index
Description
Improve collective efficacy in schools through meaningful professional conversations
As technology substitutes for face-to-face connections, educators can feel like they’re practicing their craft in isolation. Nine Professional Conversations to Change Our Schools is a framework for revitalizing the art of the professional conversation. It guides educators through structures for collaboration, offers access to vast storehouses of applied wisdom, and facilitates a coherent knowledge base for standards of excellence. Readers will find
- nine conversational strategies designed to promote collective teacher efficacy
- learning scenarios that demonstrate the effectiveness of these conversations in action
- accessible Conversational Dashboard that assists in analyzing conditions for success
Face-to-face conversational skill is a fundamental foundation for establishing effective relationships and collaboration. Drawing from their rich careers with coaching and facilitation, the authors of this book offer strategies that will expand your conversational repertoire and provide insight into how to respond meaningfully in an ever-changing environment.
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Dedication
Dedication
Epigraphs
Epigraphs
Introduction
Introduction
Part I: The Foundation—Conversational Competence
- Chapter 1: A Crisis in Our Midst—No Coherent Knowledge Base
- Chapter 2: The Disadvantage of Being Left Behind— A Knowing–Doing–Learning Gap
- Chapter 3: Emotional Blocks to Collective Efficacy— How Stress Shuts Down Communication
Part II: Conversations Designed to Build Knowledge Coherence From the Inside Out
- Chapter 4: Reflective Conversations—The Fundamental Professional Act
- Chapter 5: Humble Inquiry—Exploring Needs Instead of Helping
- Chapter 6: Cognitive Coaching—Lingering in Conversations to Learn
- Chapter 7: SCARF—Open to Diverse Viewpoints
Part III: Calibrating Conversations—Conversations at the Tipping Point From Outside In
- Chapter 8: Stakeholder Centered Coaching— Expanding Consciousness
Part IV: Conversations Designed to Build Knowledge From the Outside In
- Chapter 9: Positive Deviance—Mining for Group Gold
- Chapter 10: From Conflict to Consensus— The Chadwick Process
- Chapter 11: FRISK—Making Expectations Clear
- Chapter 12: MOVE—Time to Move On
Part V: Final Musings—Making Unrealized Dreams Come True
- Chapter 13: Leaving Knowledge Legacies
Appendix
Appendix
References
References
Index
Index
Nine Professional Conversations to Change Our Schools
A Dashboard of Options
May 2018 | 248 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781506398488 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781506398471 | $35.00 |
Improve collective efficacy in schools through meaningful professional conversations
As technology substitutes for face-to-face connections, educators can feel like they’re practicing their craft in isolation. Nine Professional Conversations to Change Our Schools is a framework for revitalizing the art of the professional conversation. It guides educators through structures for collaboration, offers access to vast storehouses of applied wisdom, and facilitates a coherent knowledge base for standards of excellence. Readers will find
- nine conversational strategies designed to promote collective teacher efficacy
- learning scenarios that demonstrate the effectiveness of these conversations in action
- accessible Conversational Dashboard that assists in analyzing conditions for success
Face-to-face conversational skill is a fundamental foundation for establishing effective relationships and collaboration. Drawing from their rich careers with coaching and facilitation, the authors of this book offer strategies that will expand your conversational repertoire and provide insight into how to respond meaningfully in an ever-changing environment.
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Dedication
- Epigraphs
- Introduction
- Part I: The Foundation—Conversational Competence
- Chapter 1: A Crisis in Our Midst—No Coherent Knowledge Base
- Chapter 2: The Disadvantage of Being Left Behind— A Knowing–Doing–Learning Gap
- Chapter 3: Emotional Blocks to Collective Efficacy— How Stress Shuts Down Communication
- Part II: Conversations Designed to Build Knowledge Coherence From the Inside Out
- Chapter 4: Reflective Conversations—The Fundamental Professional Act
- Chapter 5: Humble Inquiry—Exploring Needs Instead of Helping
- Chapter 6: Cognitive Coaching—Lingering in Conversations to Learn
- Chapter 7: SCARF—Open to Diverse Viewpoints
- Part III: Calibrating Conversations—Conversations at the Tipping Point From Outside In
- Chapter 8: Stakeholder Centered Coaching— Expanding Consciousness
- Part IV: Conversations Designed to Build Knowledge From the Outside In
- Chapter 9: Positive Deviance—Mining for Group Gold
- Chapter 10: From Conflict to Consensus— The Chadwick Process
- Chapter 11: FRISK—Making Expectations Clear
- Chapter 12: MOVE—Time to Move On
- Part V: Final Musings—Making Unrealized Dreams Come True
- Chapter 13: Leaving Knowledge Legacies
- Appendix
- References
- Index